GOLDEN EAGLE. . 433 
Aquila chrysetus, var. canadensis, LANGDON, Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist, i, 
1879, 180; Reprint, 4. 
Golden Eagle, KIRTLAND, Fam. Visitor, i, 1850, 15. 
Falco fulvus, LINNZUS, Syst Nat., i, 1766, 125. 
Falco chrysaetos, LINNZUs, Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 125. 
Aquila chrysaetos, BRISSON, Orn., i, 431. 
Aquila canadensis, CASSIN, Birds, N. Am., 1858, 41. 
Aquila chrysaetos, var. canadensis, Ripaway, B.B & R., N. A. Birds, iii, 1874, 314. 
Dark-brown with a purplish gloss; lanceolate feathers of head and neck golden- 
brown; quills blackish; in the young, tail white with a broad terminal black zone. 
About 3 feet long; wing, upwards of 2 feet; tail a foot or more. 
Habitat, North America, northerly. Sonth, ordinarily to about 35°. Europe. Asia, 
Rare winter visitor, formerly more common, and, perhaps, rare resident 
throughout the year. Dr. Kirtland mentions its occasional visits to the 
shores of Lake Erie, and says that Mr. Dorfeuille had seen a specimen 
taken inthe State. Mr. Read says: 
‘‘Tt is often seen on the [Lake] shore, and itis said that a pair have nested for 
several years in a high tree on a woody point of the shore near Sandusky Bay. The 
Rev. Sam’l Wright of Toledo, now deceased, wrote me in the winter of 1852, that he 
then had a young bird of this species, which was quite tame, and a very interesting pet. 
It fully answered the description of the ‘ Ring-tailed Eagle’ After the death of Mr. 
Wright it was promised to the writer, but, escaping from confinement, though accus- 
tomed to obey the voice of its old master, it could not be recaptured, and at last 
accounts was still lingering about the neighborhood of the city.” 
Mr. Kirkpatrick says: 
‘In 1810, when Dr. Kirtland first came to this State, Eagles where plentiful, and 
were te be seen fiying along the lake shore. Among these, Golden Eagles were 
occasionally to be seen, but as all the large predacious birds have become comparatively 
scarce, it is somewhat doubtful if this species now visits Ohio.’ 
Mr. Langdon gives it as a rare spring and fall migrant in the vicinity 
of Cincinnati. A specimen in my collection, for which I am indebted to 
My. J. L. Stelzig, was wounded in Hocking county in the fall of 1877, 
and presented to the City Park of this city. It died in February, 1878. 
Another specimen, mounted by Mr. Oliver Davie, of this city, was said to 
have been taken alive in this State, but the exact locality could not be 
ascertained. 
The Golden Eagie, in this country, usually places its nest on in- 
accessible rocks, rarely on trees. The nest is composed of large sticks, 
and is a massive structure, from four to six feet in height and six or 
seven feet in diameter. The same eyrie is occupied by the same pair 
for many years. The eggs are usually three, soiled whitish, marked and 
spotted with various shades of dark-brown, ‘They are nearly spherical, 
measuring from 2.65 to 3.00 by from 2.35 to 2.15. 
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